Giuseppe Tornatore
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 27, 1956
- Birthplace
- Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked initially as a freelance photographer. Then, switching to cinema, he made his debut with Le minoranze etniche in Sicilia (The Ethnic Minorities in Sicily), a collaborative documentary film which won a Salerno Festival prize. He then worked for RAI before releasing his first full-length film, Il Camorrista, in 1985. This evoked a positive response from audience and critics alike and Tornatore was awarded the Silver Ribbon for best new director. Tornatore's best known screen work was released in 1988: Nuovo Cinema Paradiso, a film narrating the life of a successful film director who has returned to his native town in Sicily for the funeral of his mentor. This obtained worldwide success and won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Subsequently Tornatore released several other films. In 2007 he won the Silver George for Best Director at the 29th Moscow International Film Festival for The Unknown Woman.
Filmography
- The First Dollar
The First Dollar TBA
Director, Writer
With Her Eyes TBA
Writer
- Il sognatore indiscreto
Il sognatore indiscreto TBA
Director
- The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso
The Kissing Sequence - Cinema Paradiso TBA
Actor
Juso per ferie 2026
as Self
Aldeas: A New Story 2026
as Self
Brunello: The Gracious Visionary 2025
Director, Writer
Ferdinando Scianna - Il fotografo dell'ombra 2025
as Self
Titanus 1904 2024
as Self
Steno 2022
as Sé stesso
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America 2022
as Self
Ennio 2022
as Self, Director, Screenplay, Story
All Star - Ritorno al cinema 2021
as Proiezionista
Good Morning, the Wind Blows 2020
as Self
Devotion 2020
Director
Citizen Rosi 2019
as Self
Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana 2019
as Self
Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa 2019
as Self
24/25 Il fotogramma in più 2018
as Self
Cinque mondi 2016
as Self
Correspondence 2016
Writer, Director
I Don't Know the Men of this City 2015
Actor
- Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa
Born in the U.S.E. - Nato negli Stati Uniti d'Europa 2015
as Self
Giuseppe Tornatore - Ogni film un'opera prima 2014
as Self
Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori 2014
as Self
Mafia Millionaires 2014
Thanks
Tutte le storie di Piera 2014
Actor
Cinema Italiano: Moments of Truth 2014
as Self
C'era una volta il prossimamente 2014
as Self
The Best Offer 2013
Director, Writer
Il Mago di Esselunga 2011
Director, Writer
Dante Ferretti: Production Designer 2010
as Self
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo 2010
as Self, Director
Everybody's Fine 2009
Original Film Writer
Baaria 2009
Director, Writer
Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso 2009
Actor
- Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema
Intervista a Riccardo Freda sul suo cinema 2007
Actor
A Bear and a Mouse in Paradise 2006
as Self
Sartoria Tirelli - Vestire il cinema 2006
as Self
The Unknown Woman 2006
Screenplay, Director
Marcello, una vita dolce 2006
as Self
Under a False Name 2004
Thanks
The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth 2004
as Self
The Magic of Fellini 2002
as Self (archive footage)
Malena 2000
Director, Screenplay
A Dream of Sicily 2000
as Self
The Prince's Manuscript 2000
Producer
The Legend of 1900 1998
Director, Screenplay, Writer
Bakunin's Son 1997
Producer
The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth 1997
as Self
The Star Maker 1995
Director, Story, Screenplay
- Lo schermo a tre punte
Lo schermo a tre punte 1995
Screenplay, Director
Ennio Morricone 1995
as Self
A Pure Formality 1994
Director, Screenplay, Story, Editor
The King of Ads 1991
Director
Especially on Sunday 1991
Director, Adaptation
Everybody's Fine 1990
Director, Writer
Cinema Paradiso 1988
as Projectionist (uncredited), Director, Screenplay, Story
The Professor 1986
Director, Screenplay, Story
One Hundred Days in Palermo 1984
Screenplay, Second Unit Director
- Diario di Guttuso
Diario di Guttuso 1982
Director
Credits from TMDB.